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Determined to give spread sports culture a spread in the state, the Haryana overnment has decided to set up Gymnastic Academy in Ambala which would house up to 100 children, and two indoor stadia in every district at the cost of Rs 1 crore, said Haryana CM. --

Haryana Sanskrit Academy has decided to grant scholarship of over Rs 21 lakh to 652 students including 85 Acharyas and 567 Shastri for the year 2014-15.

​Roy Castelino, president, Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy has urged the state government to permit teaching of Konkani as a second language for children of Konkani speaking communities in schools from first to fifth standard. The state government has made it compulsory to teach in Kannada from first to fifth standard, he said.

​ Other two recipients of the honorary award conferred by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy are are Manu Idya, Surathkal, 67 who has been selected for his contribution to field of Tulu literature, and Bellare Vishwanath Rai, 66 for his contribution to Tulu yakshagana.

Centenarian Gerthila Devu Poojary is among the three chosen by the city based Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy for its annual honorary awards for 2014.

​ In order to encourage youth to foster the cause of the language, Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy will honour Ashwin M Prabhu of Mysuru for his contribution to music, Prajwal M Nayak of Bengaluru for his achievements in yoga, and Arun Nayak of Dharwad for his contribution to the media field.

Laying the foundation stone for the " lawyers bhavan" being built here at an estimated cost of Rs 6 crore , chief minister said the law academies go a long way in honing the skills of the lawyers and their performance in the courts.

The main stage inside the auditorium is below sea level and the complex is by the riverside. By evening, the work was nearing completion and the scheduled programmes will be held from Tuesday, sources said.

The orchestra pit was under water and the level even rose to the first three rows of the Dinanath Mangueshkar Kala Mandir auditorium on Sunday, forcing the authorities to cancel three tiatr shows.

The process of repairing the auditorium and pump house of Kala Academy after the worst flooding in recent memory commenced after a team of workers arrived from Mumbai on Monday morning.

Indian Aviation Academy has been selected this year by the Business Initiative Directives Group (BIDG), Madrid (Spain) for the International Arch of Europe Award for quality and technology in Gold Category.

With proposed scaling up of activities at Indian naval academy, Ezhimala, there is an increased scope for building up passenger amenities at Payyannur Station, said Palakkad DRM Anand Prakash. He was responding after holding a meeting with Naval Academy authorities in connection with taking up development projects which would mutually benefit academy and Payyannur railway station. Watch election news on TIMES NOW No.1 Eng News Channel of India. Do not miss it till Result Day May 16